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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Hints and Notes Concerning the Latest
Novelties In Feminine Dreas.

Hints and Notes Concerning the Latest
Novelties In Feminine Dress
Low-throated dresses are very much
In vogue at the various watering places;
these showing Tapped surplice fronts.
or those finished with wide velvet re-
vers, which diminish to a sharp point
as they reach the waist. These revers
join a wide sailor collar. which some
times quite covers the upper portion O
the shoulders in the back.
Summer polonaises are shown in var
iOus fabrics-lace, net, etamine, veil
ing, batiste, etc, made in long prin-
cesse fashion. with Grecian drapings
which give graceful and slender effect
to the figure, or in the more bouffant
Marie Antoinette styles, with some
times a panier only at one side, and
Vandyked tablier or decorated panel
on the other.
Full gathered corsages are seen in
diaphanous materials, both for basques
and polonaises. and there are also
tucked V-shaped pieces let in the front
and back. fastened to the dog-collar of
velvet or the one belonging to the bod
ice. The new belted bodices of China
silk, embroidered muslin, China Grape
or surah are all worn with skirts of
lace or fancy etamine, mounted on
foundations of silk or batiste. These
skirts are very generally made of one
deep fiounce when of lace, this shirred
to a belt. above which the huge sash is
tied.
Jersey waists are still greatly ia
vored, and are worn in all colors, but
harmonizing with the skirts with which
they are worn. The new summer jer-
seys are made of fabrics of degree of
fneness they have never before at
tanned. Some of the jerseys are richly
embroidered in Oriental designs, others
are decorated with fine gold or silver
braidwork. The handsomely-trimm
Russian blouses are also made of the
silk-warp lightweight jersey cloth,
with Russian sash of the same knotted
at the left side, the long peplum ends
falling low on the dress skirt.
Pompadour-striped satins. in the
artistic tints of willow-green, pinkish
mauve, eglantine pink. pale primrose
cameo or terracotta, alternating with
one of gold or silver, brocaded with
tiny wreaths of brilliant-hued flowers
or large single clusters and foliage, are
favorite materials for dancing toilets
and midsummer weddings. These
handsome stripes are made up without
the addition of any other fabric, tho
skirts effectively draped across the
fronts, and made plain and full in the
back. The sleeves are short, and the
pointed corsages cut out in the neck,
both rontand back. the opening yelled
by Russian chemisette or guimpe of
India silk muslin. plain cream white,
or delicately embroidered in tints
matching those in the brocaded stripe.
N Y. Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01

April sun which shone down through
them suggested that soon they would
begin to throw out shoot and bud. AL
ready some bluebirds and robin or
two were comparing musical notes in
the tree-tops, as they discussed the
shortest passages from the south, or
began laying their plans for spring
housekeeping.
A little further on stood the one
store and post-office combined, then
came the town pump, the school-house,
a small church with square tower like
a sentry-box, and then
sour house," rapturously cried Pol
ly, and, dropping Bounce, who wad-
died along after her as fast as his short
legs would carry him, she darted
through an open gateway and up a
trim gravel walk, and was directly
afterward infolded in the motherly
arms of Mrs. Flagg, who was short and
stout like her husband, and beamed so
genially upon Tad, through a pair of
brass-bowed spectacles, a moment or
two later, that his heart warmed
toward her at once.
''Our house" was funny little one
story building with what the Bixport
people call ''gambril roof" making
it seem to an imaginative person as
though it were Struggling its shoulders
with its hands in its pockets The
windows were small, with tiny panes
Of glass, and ene front door. painted q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01

How a Husband Satisfied His Wife's APP
petite for News.
Wife to husband who has Just re-
t1rned home-What's the news down
.own?
Nothing.
Wife-Of course not.
Hnsband-Why of course not?
Wife-Oh, well, there is never any
news for n woman unless she finds it
out herself.
does seem to me that people ought to
be more careful.
Wife-What about?
Husband-I was thinking of some
thing that occurred down town to-
night. Major Buxter and his family
sat out on the front steps until quite
late. and when the Major got up and
went into his room he had not noticed
that his prankish little son had slipped
away. just as the Major stepped into
his room he heard something under
the bed-in fact, saw something-and,
thinking that a robber had secrcted
himself there, he seized pistol and
fired under the bed, and
Wife-Merciful heavens, and shot his
title son?
Husband-Who said he shot his son7
Wife-You said that his son went
under the bed?
Husband--I didn't.
Wife-What did you say?
Husband-I said that the Major did
not notice his son when he slipped
away from the front steps.
Wife (still excited) And was the
boy under the bedp
Husband-No, a cat was under the
bed.
Wife-You are the most hateful man
/ ever saw.
Husband-Why? Just because the
boy did not go under the bed and get
shot? 1 had nothing to do with it.
~ Y NetUS
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ITO BE CONTINUED
SLY OLD FELLOW.

How q Detroit Merchant Headed on .
Clerk Who Wanted Moro Pay.
AZ had been working for three years
for one of our old-time wholesale
houses" said Detroitsr who was call
ing up "reminiscences, land finally
concluded that ought to have a raise
of salary. began on four dollars per
week and was raised to six dollars, but
there it had stuck for two years. The
head man of the firm was a cold, stiff,
austere man. who seldom recognized
an employee and was known to be hard
hearted. hesitated a long time before
daring to approach him on the subject
nearest to my heart, but one day 1 slid
into the private Office when l knew he
was alone.
"'Well. SIR he snaps out, short az
pie-crRst
"I-1 came toto!
"'Came to what, sir!
"I-I came to ask you if you-you
didn't think-7'
"'See here, Williamr he said, as he
wheeled around on me, IF my daughter
loves you. and you love her, I've nc
objection to your marriage. Fix it up
between you and don't bother mS
again
1.-The old Reynard! He had daugh-
ter. but had never spoken to her il
my life, and he knew it. He answered
me the way he did to stop me from ask
ing for raise of salary. 1t was a yeal
and half after that before was Lifted
to eight dollars per week" --Detroa
Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
Not Honest.

Robinson-I had to discharge young
Blinkins to-day. He was not honest.
Brown-Sorry to hear so. He sup
ports his widowed mother, too What
was the trouble?
Robinson-He found postage stamp
on the floor and kept it He should
have turned it over TO the Office.
Brown-Of course. By the way, it's
raining. Got an extra umbrella?
Robinson-You can take my old UNI
brella- / have "A new one.
Brown-Hello! Where did you get
that silk affair?
Robinson-Thati Hal ha! Great
joke. You see, went into the Stock
Exchange to look after little deal in
wheat A shower came up. and when
was ready to go just picked this up
in the lobby.
Brown-Wish 1 had yorr luck. And
how about the wheat deal?
Robinson-O, we skinned 'em alive.
Brown, skinned 'em Omaha
World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
AFTERWARD.

Iheedlessly opened the cage
And suffered my bird TO go free;
And, though besought it with tears to return,
It neVermore came back to me.
Ii nests in the wildwood, and heeds not my call.
d the bird once at liberty, who can enthrall?
hastily opened my lips,
And uttered q word of disdain
That wounded friend, and forever estranged
A heart would die to regain.
But the bird once at liberty, who can enthrall?
And the word that's ONCE spoken, o. who can
recall?
-ViTginid B. Harrison, in " y independent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL

Ia
Secretary Endicott has sent one
hundred and forty more Condemned
cannon to Gettysburg. tttat
Mrs. r. L. Hughes, of Lexington,
Ca, owns a butter dish which her
English ancestors ate out of in 1850.
Governor Hill. of New York, plays
with all the little children near the
executive mansion in Albany every
day.
Charles H. Woodruff, who has
made fortune in printing inks in
Philadelphia, was once a compositor
earning three dollars a week.
The manuscript OF Home, Sweet
Home" has been buried in the coffin
with Miss Harden, Of Georgia, who
half a century ago rejected the hand of
the author.
1t is said there is town in Scot:
land where twenty-five men have re-
fused TO speak to or recognize each
other for years because they have diff
ferent theories about the creation of e
the world, and none of them will give
up to the other.
A very large number OF Irish
names end with ''agh." Agh.generally
means field in Irish. Thus: Cavanagh
means hollow field; Currah-; race field.
1t is not improbable that these names
were originally given to people who
dwelt in or near localities which were
indicated by the name.-Phila6elphid
Press.
"A jubilee cup has been added to
the plate at the London Mansion
House. A lion, a leopard, kangaroo
aed beaver support the base; the cover
bears the statuette of the Queen instead
of the inevitable griffins; dolphins form
the handles, and scenes from the colo
MES are embossed on the sides.-BoS-
ton Transcript.
Jules Verne lives at Amiens. 1t
was his custom to go to Paris once a
month for n day or two, until year
ago when he was wounded by pistol
shot in the left leg. He still limps: can
not bend his leg and is deprived of all
exercise. He drives a good deal.
Verne does not speak English He is
great reader of English literature.
but he has to make use of translations.
Detroit Free Press.
Christine Terhune Herrick finds
that in ''spite of the many instances of
parsimonious and fault-fnding hus-
bands. there is a goodly number who
feel thorough confidence in their
wives ability as domestic fnanciers,
and do not hesitate to say that under
such judicious supervision their incomes
go twice as far as they did in their
bachelor days, and far more satisfac-
torily." These men are growing rare
and of doubtful veracity.
Mrs. Mary Morris johnson, of Phil
adelphia, whose will has just been adj
mitted to probate, left $500, 600 divided
after a fashion which fairly illustrates
the wide interest taken in charity by
most Philadelphia women of independ-
entmeans. Nearly thirty separate char
tiles are mentioned in the will, to each
of which requests are left, nearly all
being for those small and struggling
| institutions which endeavor to supply
some missing link in the chain of char
ity by caring for some special class
| Harper s Bazaar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
CHAPTER VII.

'Mr. Allen, our minister, took that
verse from a paper, and had it cut on
the stone-isn't it beautiful softly said
Polly.
Yes, indeed" returned Tad, consid-
erably bewildered, ''only 1 don't see
what it has to do with YOU"
''Waiti / am going to tell yon all
about it," his companion responded.
But she sat for moment or two with
out speaking, resting her chin in the
hollow of her small hand, and her dark
eyes looking far off seward. Through
the hushed stiffness, the distant voice
of the ocean came to their ears, sound
ing soft and low, like the imprisoned
echoes that one hears in a sea-shen.
at was IN the great gale of go, when
fifteen vessels and a hundred and
twenty men were lost on Georges
Banks" said Polly, abruptly. THE
reefs at the mouth of the river, near
where the lighthouse stands now. A
fisherman came up to Bixport, and
told people about it. Every body-the
men, mean-got down to the point
as soon as they could. There wasn't
any life-boat, and they say the sea was
something aacful. But there was q
whaleboat that belonged to George
Hudson, and so Captain Flagg got five
fishermen to go off with him in it,
though nobody thought they could ever
get through the surf line. But they
did, and just managed to reach the
steamer as she was breaking up. The
poor people were in the water crying.
and"--
Here Polly stopped moment and
caught her breath, while Tad felt a
curious lump rising in his throat. He
touched Polly's small hand with his
own rough one in mute sympathy, but.
frightened at his boldness, drew it
hastily away, and after a little she
went on:
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CHAPTER V.-CONrINUED

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Published by Saeci0l arrangements
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"A cowboy poet has broken o1b In
Wyoming. He Is probably The -
lariat
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"For this and all other mercies the
Lord make us truly grateful" said
Captain Flagg, reverently, as he took
of his oil-skin hat, in which it was
popularity believed he slept while
voyaging over the main.
This was his invariable form of
thanksgiving, as soon as Bixport wharf
was sighted, and with its utterance
Captain Flagg dove into the cabin,
there to throw aside, with his seafaring
attire, the weighty responsibilities of
the voyage.
Ten minutes later, as the Mary j."
neared the wharf, where half of the
residents of Bixport seemed to have
assembled, Captain Flagg reappeared
on deck in his go-ashore suit, consist
ing of tall hat, crumpled suit of
navy-blue, and low-quartered shoes
highly polished. In a commanding
voice the Captain gave the necessary
orders for bringing the schooner along
side the wharf. Down came the dingy
sails, and half-dozen pairs of hands
were extended to catch the lines
thrown from the deck. Enthusiastic
were the greetings extended to the
ships company. for the quiet of the
little inland village had never been
disturbed by the locomotives scream
or the sound of a steamers paddles,
and the arrival of the only sailing
packet between Bixport and Boston
was an event of considerable impor-
lance. There were on board at least
three large boxes of dry good, a case of
millinery, a hogshead of molasses, and
other groceries in proportion, for Mr..
Jones, the store-keeper; Mr.. Allen, the
minister, had package of books;
'Zias Mason, a new harness, and
Deacon Whitney, moving -machire-
the first of its kind ever seen in Bixport.
Among those assembled on the
wharf, Tad noticed boy about his own
age, dressed in well-worn suit of
tweed. He had curly hair, pair of
very laughing blue eyes, turn-up
nose and freckled face. Most promi-
nent in voice and action was this youth,
who, upon catching sight of Eph, per-
formed shuttle suggestive of delight.
and in very audible voice called out:
Rooray-three cheers for Ephraim Small,
First mate, second mate. crew and air"
"That's my cousin-Joe Whitney,"
laughed Polly, as Master Joe proceed
ed in vigorous pantomime to express
unbounded joy at seeing Polly, who
waved her hand in recognition.
CHAPTER VI
Joe was the first 10 spring on board;
and 1t was evident that Joe Whitney
1
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Tad the very highest happiness earth
could afford.
Polly opened her eyes very wide in
deed.
Why-don't you knowe How fun
N.Y.! she exclaimed, turning a wonder
ing face toward her companion.
AS Tap hadn't the slightest concep-
ton of her meaning, he shook his head
in silence.
''Of course. you don't, though"
said Polly, recollecting herself. Come
with me-" she said. soberly, touching
Tad on the arm; and, curious to know
her meaning, he followed Polly through
the gate, and across the street 10 what
was locally known as the "meetin'-
house lot" Behind the little ole
weather-beaten wooden church. on
either side of which stood row of SOL
emn-looking poplars, was the village
burying- ground, into which, to Tad's
great wonderment, Polly silently led
the way.
A short distance from the entrance,
fiat, moss grown tombstone was
raised upon two slight brick elevations
at either end, on which, in almost IL
legible letters, were the words:
sacred to the memory of
DEBORAH SAYLES.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
BY FRANK II. CONVERSE,

AUTHOR OF PEPPER ADAMS" BLOWN OUT
TO SEA-" paul GRAFTON ETC.
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Blue grass and clove< make sxcel-
lent pasture for swine.
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CHAPTER VI.

Joe was the first TO spring on board;
and 1t was evident that Joe Whitney
was youth of considerable vivacity,
TO say the least He slapped Captain
Flagg Familiarity on the shoulder, sa-
1uted the grinning George Washington
in most hilarious manner, and, rush
ing trantically aft, seized upon Bounce
With shout of jubilation.
I" say, Polly" he exclaimed, ..what
. jolly little dog-only you orter have
him muzzled- looks savagev'
There's some boys 1 know that
wouldn't be worse if they were muz-
:zled," gravely observed Captain Flagg
-rescuing Bounce from the hands of
his nephew. who was preparing to
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a Story for Young and Old.
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Adventures Of Tad;
OR THE =

OR THE
HAPS AND NISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL.
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Killed by ye Indians.
June We p. A. ID. 1874 I"


bench, Polly motioned Tad to a seat
beside her. Just in front of them stood
plain white marble slab.
Read it," briefly said Polly, in q
very low tone, as she pointed to the in
scription.
Awed by Polly's manner, as we'll as
by the solemn stiffness, only broken by
the breathing of the soft south wind
through the leaf1ess branches overhead,
Tad read, in a subdued voice:
Here lies
the body of a very beautiful
unknown lady-one Of the passengers
on board the Inflated steamer 'POmerania''
which weat ashore near the mouth
of Bixport river. in the great gale OF February
-, 1861.
Seventy-ono SOILS were lost
"' Floating hair all tangled and torn
Beautiful head laid low on the sand
Pride all out of the arching lips
Life all out OF the marble hands
oh terrible, restless. trembling sea,
How could you leave her alone with deathf
Clasping hor close in a cold embrace
And stealing away the last faint breathr"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-09-01
A THRILLING STORY.

How a Husband Satisfied His Wife's APP
petite for News.
Wife to husband who has just re-
t1rned home-What's the news down
1nu,n2
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-18
The Commune of Paris.

But few people are fully aware of the
immense proportions which the commune
had taken on before its final suppression.
Its military strength was simply enor-
nous. Cluseret told me Of his furnish
ing rations, at the time he was delegate
TO the ministry Of war, TO 1875, 900 SOL
diers in Paris. And the amount of war
material in possession Of the commune at
the time of its collapse was prodigious.
There We're 54s, 900 guns of different
models, with saber bayonets; So. 200
cavalry sabers of every form and descrip-
ton; $4,000 Enfield rifles; 5000 revolt
vers-making a total Of nearly 200, 900
weapons of every kind-taken from the
hands of the communards.
Independently of the vast amount Of
this particular material. the military a
thorities of the commune had I, 200 pieces
of cannon and m~itrailleuses, which they
had robbed from the city and which they
had used with such terrible effect. But
what must ever excite amazement is the
knowledge Of the vast number Of people
in Paris at this time who not only were
in sympathy with the commune, but who
abetted and sustained it in its career of
crime and blood. The minority, embrac-
ing the better class Of Paris. was COM
pletely cowed and subdued by this vast
insurrectionary mass of population.-Ex-
Minister Washburne in Scribner's.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-18
Example. Of Drifting Sands.

Near the sea the shifting of sand by
the winds is a familiar sight, and the
drifts are often known to encroach on
cultivated fields, forests and villages.
Striking examples are found on Lake
Michigan, where the withered tops of a
forest are visible above a sand drift, and
in Norfolk, England, where farms and
houses have been covered. The same
phenomenon occurs in deserts. the great
sand hills being not only carried about
by the wind, but even forced beyond the
proper limits of the sandy wastes. The
extensive Registrar desert, in central
A~fghanistan, is reported as being steadily
pushed ENTHUSIASTICALLY, and calculations
have shown that its present rate Of pro-
gress viii cause IL to overwhelm some OF
the most fertile and prosperous districts
Of the country in a few thousand years.
Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-18
FooTPAos ON THE STREET.

Comparatively Few Men Attacked Nova
days-A Rule Among Business Men.
Comparatively few men are now at
tackled by footpads on the street., said O
gentleman who for the last twenty-five
years has made frequent business visits to
Chicago. There was a time before the
fire when business men and others coming
10 the city felt unsafe ON the streets, be-
cause there were frequent instances Of
men being stopped or Knocked down and
robbed by vagabonds, who as a rule made
their escape. There is less of this now
than there was years ago, because men
carry less money than they did years ago,
when there were few hanks in the country
towns and no good system of exchange or
credit.
''It is q rule among business men OF
this era to carry with them money enough
only for their immediate expenses, and a
merchant, a drover, or Q trader of any
kind coming to the city, instead Of having
thousands of dollars on his person, will
have probably less than a hundred. The
footpads have come TO understand this,
and they take fewer risks, because they
know that the returns will not be suffi-
Gent to warrant the risk. Hundreds of
business men in Chicago make il a rule
TO carry less money in their pockets than
do their employees or the average working
man. This is as much a rule of business
as is the depositing of cash in the bank at
n certain hour.
s'The effect of the rule is seen in the
comparative freedom Of the prosperous
business man from attack by thugs or
street vagabonds. Twenty or more years
ago the very opposite was the rule. A
man doing a prosperous business felt that
he was called upon to demonstrate the
truth of his p~retensions or claims by
covert or open exhibition of a plethoric
pocketbook. Particularly was this the
case with men coming TO the city with
out acquaintance or letters of credit.
Their pocketbooks We're their certificates
Of financial standing, and a man who did
not have a full pocketbook OF who did
not exhibit a disposition to spend money
freely wa not regarded favorably by
new business acquaintance. The mere
fondness for display of money, the ex-
ultation in the possession of money, led
men to be a little reckless in the display
Of large bills or of gold pieces, and men
with the heaviest pocketbooks were easily
spotted by footpads." - Inter Ocean
''Curbstone Crayons."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-18

REMEMBER s ,,s;. the S e.::snss e e .ss
EnIy, who are 10 charge Of the drawings. Is .
suarnntee Of absolute fairness and integrity, that
the chances are ell equal and that no one can pos
ably divine what number win draw q Prise.
RENEMBEK that the payment Of all Prizes "a
BANKS Of New Orleans, and the Tickets are
siensd By The President Of an Institntion. whose
chsrersd rights are recognized In the highest
Courts; therefore. beware OF any limitations or an
onynaous schemes